These are the last years that the school had freshman
rules. Notice how the list becomes shorter and shorter, and
the content on the list becomes different than the rules during the
1940's
and 1950's.

1959-60

Here, there is the onset of
two separate handbooks: one for all students, and one for the coeds
(females).

1959-60 Coeds’ Handbook

Contains information about the history of coeds at
Bonaventure

Your Place in the Picture (A Word to Freshmen) pg.
4

Freshmen are pretty important people at Saint Bonaventure.The university has set a aside a
whole week for your orientation to college life and in addition, there
will be several meetings conducted by the Women’s Association for your
benefit.

During the first two weeks, you will meet your big sister, who has
a special interest in your welfare during your freshmen year.Perhaps you have already met her
in a letter, or at her home.If not, you will have a chance to become acquainted at the Women’s
Association Tea to be held on September 18.Your big sister will be happy to
answer any questions you may have and will help you solve any problems
that come up throughout the year.

One of the first things you will notice at Bonaventure is that the
men have a more rigorous Freshmen orientation than women.They wear dinks, have special ties
and are bound to certain rules of behavior for the first months of
school.As freshmen women,
your orientation will consist of four meetings covering the different
aspects of campus life.Your
are bound by the following traditional rules, originally set up for the
men, but adapted for the women in so far as they too are freshmen and the
rules do not interfere with their conduct as freshmen ladies:

1.
Freshmen must wear as all times on campus a dink and a neat and legible
sign (of white cardboard, at least 6”X6”) with her first and last name
printed thereon in letters at least two inches.This shall be worn at all times
and in plain view on campus, except in the Chapel.

2. Freshmen must not use the Devereux Archway, the center path
across campus, or the main or right hand entrances to De La Roche
Hall.The entrance nearest
the Athletic field is for all freshmen.

3. Freshmen must greet Priests, Professors and all upperclassmen
and women according to title (Father, Professor, etc.)

Pg. 5

4. Freshmen must memorize all school
songs and cheers, names of Student Senators, officers of the Women’s
Council, concise history of Saint Bonaventure University and the know the
principles of Saint Francis.

5. Freshmen must pay initiation fee of $5.00 immediately to the
treasurer of the class after his election. 1/5 of all this amount will be
returned to the Treasurer of Freshmen class after his election.

6. Freshmen cannot smoke on campus, except in women’s lounge.

7. Freshmen must support all student activities.

This picture comes from the Freshmen Folder, Saint
Bonaventure University Archives, circa 1960. All the "coeds" have
dinks and nametags, just like the gentlemen.

1959-60 Students’
Handbook

These are the rules for both the males and
females.The ones with
the * next to them indicate rules that the women do not have to
follow them.

Pg. 14

1. Freshmen must greet Priests, Professors, and
all upperclassmen politely and by title, such as Father, Sir, Mister,
etc.

2. Freshmen must wear at all times a shirt and a collar plus the
regulation “Dink and Tie”.The “Dink and Tie” will be obtained from the Student Senate.He will also wear a neat and
legible sign (of white cardboard, at least 6”X6”), with his first and last
names and major printed thereon in letters at least 2” high.This shall be worn at all times
and in plain view, except in Chapel.

Pg. 15

3. Freshmen must carry a copy of the Student Handbook, schedule
card and no less than ten lumberjack matches.

4. Freshmen must have a haircut not exceeding one inch. *

5. Freshmen must not use:

Archway

Lounge

Center path
across campus

Center path to
Plassmann Hall

The main and
right hand entrance to De La Roche Hall

The main and
left hand entrance to the dining hall

6. The
retirement from all University activities is in order of seniority.Freshmen remain seated until all
others have left.

7. Freshmen cannot smoke on campus, except in their own private
rooms.

8. Freshmen must not report to any under classman’s room or
perform any tasks before 6:15 a.m. during study periods or after 11 p.m.

9. Freshmen must know and memorize:

Basic
principles upon which St. Francis founded the Order of Friars minor

Blessing of
Saint Francis

Francis’
Prayer for Peace

Concise
history of Saint Bonaventure University

All university
songs and cheers

The names and
positions of all Student Senators

10. Catholic
freshmen must attend the 8:15 a.m. Mass in the University Chapel every
Sunday. *

11. Freshmen must be at immediate disposal of Student Senate at
all times for the performance of all detailed work in connection with
University activity.

12. Freshmen must pay initiation fee of $5.00 immediately to
Treasurer of Student Senator at registration.1/5 of all this amount will be
returned to the Treasurer of Freshmen class after his election.

13. All day-hop freshmen must observe all freshmen rule on
campus.

14. Freshmen must support all student activities.

These rules should be in
effect and enforced to the letter within a 50 mile radius of the
University. Infractions of them will result in a trial before a student
court.The student courts
have at their disposal several penalties varying with the magnitude of the
infractions.These penalties
are approved and sanctioned by the University.

1960-61 Coeds’ Handbook

This is the only student handbook our archives
own for these years.

This book does not list the specific rules for
women, like at the beginning of the other book, but it does contain
the information about the coed picture at Saint Bonaventure
University.

Pg. 15

1. Freshmen must greet Priests, Professors, and
all upperclassmen politely and by title, such as Father, Sir, Mister,
etc.

2. Freshmen must wear at all times a shirt and a collar plus the
regulation “Dink and Tie”.The “Dink and Tie” will be obtained from the Student Senate.He will also wear a neat and
legible sign (of white cardboard, at least 6”X6”), with his first and last
names and major printed thereon in letters at least 2” high.This shall be worn at all times
and in plain view, except in Chapel.

3. Freshmen must carry copy of the Student Handbook, schedule
card and no less than ten lumberjack matches.

4. Freshmen must have a haircut not exceeding one inch.

5. Freshmen must not use:

Archway

Lounge

Center path
across campus

Center path
to Plassmann Hall

The main and
right hand entrance to De La Roche Hall

The main and
left hand entrance to the dining hall

Pg. 16

6. The retirement from all University activities is in order of
seniority.Freshmen remain
seated until all others have left.

7. Freshmen cannot smoke on campus, except in women’s lounge.

8. Freshmen must not report to any under classman’s room or
perform any tasks before 6:15 a.m. during study periods or after 11 p.m.
and the same applies for Sundays between hours of 1 and 5 p.m. which shall
be utilized for studies.

9. Freshmen must know and memorize:

Basic
principles upon which St. Francis founded the Order of Friars minor

Blessing of
Saint Francis

Francis’
Prayer for Peace

Concise
history of Saint Bonaventure University

All
university songs and cheers

The names and
positions of all Student Senators

10. Catholic
freshmen must attend the 8:15 a.m. Mass in the University Chapel every
Sunday.

11. Freshmen must be at immediate disposal of Student Senate at
all times for the performance of all detailed work in connection with
University activity.

12. Freshmen must pay initiation fee of $6.00 immediately to
Treasurer of Student Senator at registration.1/6 of all this amount will be
returned to the Treasurer of Freshmen class after his election.

13. All day-hop freshmen must observe all freshmen rules on
campus.

14. Freshmen must support all student activities.

These
rules should be in effect and enforced to the letter with in a 50 miles
radius of the University. Infractions of them will result in a trial
before a student court.The
student courts have at their disposal several penalties varying with the
magnitude of the infractions.These penalties are approved and sanctioned by the University.

Here is a class picture with the women in it,
wearing their dinks and nametags. 1960 Yearbook, pg. 38.

1961-62 Coeds’ Handbook

This includes the coed picture (pg. 3) and a
short letter about the women’s association and the Big Sister
program, but not nearly as long as the year before.

This
book contains no introduction letter “to the class of
1966".

Pg. 14

1. Freshmen must greet Priests,
Professors, and all upperclassmen politely and by title, such as Father,
Sir, Mister, etc.

2. Freshmen must wear at all times a shirt and a collar plus the
regulation “Dink and Tie”.The “Dink and Tie” will be obtained from the Student Senate.He will also wear a neat and
legible sign (of white cardboard, at least 6”X6”), with his first and last
names and major printed thereon in letters at least 2” high.This shall be worn at all times
and in plain view, except in Chapel.

Dinks and tie, from Freshmen Folder.

Pg. 15

3. Freshmen must carry copy of the
Student Handbook, schedule card and no less than ten lumberjack matches.

4. Freshmen must have a haircut not exceeding one inch.

5. Freshmen must not use:

Archway

Lounge

Center path
across campus

Center path
to Plassmann Hall

The main and
right hand entrance to De La Roche Hall

The main and
left hand entrance to the dining hall

6. The
retirement from all University activities is in order of seniority.Freshmen remain seated until all
others have left.

7. Freshmen cannot smoke on campus, except in women’s lounge.

8. Freshmen must not report to any under classman’s room or
perform any tasks before 6:15 a.m. during study periods or after 11 p.m.
and the same applies for Sundays between hours of 1 and 5 p.m. which shall
be utilized for studies.

9. Freshmen must know and memorize:

Basic
principles upon which St. Francis founded the Order of Friars minor

Blessing of
Saint Francis

Francis’
Prayer for Peace

Concise
history of Saint Bonaventure University

All
university songs and cheers

The names and
positions of all Student Senators

10. Freshmen must
be at immediate disposal of Student Senate at all times for the
performance of all detailed work in connection with University activity.

11. Freshmen must pay initiation fee of $6.00 immediately to
Treasurer of Student Senate at registration.1/6 of all this amount will be
returned to the Treasurer of Freshmen class after his election.

12. All day-hop freshmen must observe all freshmen rule on
campus.

13. Freshmen must support all student activities.

14. All freshmen granted weekend permission by the Dean of
Discipline must sign out with the Student Senate.

These rules should be in
effect and enforced to the letter within a 50 mile radius of the
University. Infractions of them will result in a trial before a student
court.The student courts
have at their disposal several penalties varying with the magnitude of the
infractions.These penalties
are approved and sanctioned by the University.

Basic
principles upon which St. Francis founded the Order of Friars minor

Blessing of
Saint Francis

Francis’
Prayer for Peace

All
university songs and cheers

The names and
positions of all Student Senators

2. Freshmen must be
at immediate disposal of Student Senate at all times for the performance
of all detailed work in connection with University activity.

3. Freshmen must pay initiation fee of $5.00 immediately to
Treasurer of Student Senate at registration.1/3 of all this amount will be
returned to the Treasurer of Freshmen class after his election.

4. Freshmen must support all student activities.

5. Each freshmen must wear an identification sign which will be
obtained from the Student Senate Officers during the Orientation Program
in September.These
identification signs are to be worn for such time as will be determined by
the Director of Student Activities.

6. In the traditional spirit of Saint Bonaventure, freshmen must
learn to greet their fellow classmates, and all priests, faculty members
and upperclassman.

Pg. 17

7. Resident freshmen are not allowed to
have an automobile on or off campus

1964-65 Coeds’ Handbook

THIS IS THE LAST COEDS’ HANDBOOK OUR ARCHIVES OWNS.

Pg. 5 Coed Picture at Saint Bonaventure

Pg. 6 Place at the University

Pg. 20

1. Freshmen must know and memorize:

Objectives
of Saint Bonaventure University (catalog)

Concise
history of Saint Bonaventure University

Basic
principles upon which St. Francis founded the Order of Friars minor

Blessing of
Saint Francis

Francis’
Prayer for Peace

All
university songs and cheers

The names
and positions of all Student Senators

2. Freshmen
must be at immediate disposal of Student Senate at all times for the
performance of all detailed work in connection with University activity.

3. Freshmen must pay initiation fee of $5.00 immediately to
Treasurer of Student Senate at registration.1/3 of all this amount will be
returned to the Treasurer of Freshmen class after his election.

4. Freshmen must support all student activities.

No other rules listed, as there are in the above Student Manual

1965-66 Student Manual

I included this section because it stated what the
University stands for. The adoption of a motto such as this could be
one of the reasons the freshmen rules were dropped in the next school
year.

Pg. 5 Objectives of Saint Bonaventure University

The purpose of Saint Bonaventure University as a Catholic institution
is to train the “whole man”.The various curricula recognize the student as an individual
created in God’s image and likeness, whose temporal goal is a Christian
life and whose eternal goal is union with his creator.Students are educated to grow as
American citizens and as Christian men and women, intellectually,
socially, and morally.The
maximum development of the student’s particular talents is the goal of the
University, whether the endeavor be in the school of Arts and Sciences,
Business, Education or Theology.Within this framework, Saint Bonaventure University tries to
instruct young men and women in their free Christian heritage, to nourish
their minds, to sharpen their critical judgment and to develop their
capacity for effective action.The University aims further to explore the Frontiers of Knowledge; to
discover truths which now lie beyond human understanding; to serve the
temporal and spiritual needs of its area; and to preserve and enrich the
Franciscan tradition of glorifying God and serving man through education.

Basic
principles upon which St. Francis founded the Order of Friars minor

Blessing of
Saint Francis

Francis’
Prayer for Peace

All university
songs and cheers

The names and
positions of all Student Senators

2. Freshmen must be at immediate
disposal of Student Senate at all times for the performance of all
detailed work in connection with University activity.

3. Freshmen must pay initiation fee of $5.00 immediately to
Treasurer of Student Senate at registration.1/3 of all this amount will be
returned to the Treasurer of Freshmen class after his election.

4. Freshmen must support all student activities.

5. Each freshman must wear an identification sign which will be
obtained from the Student Senate Officers during the Orientation Program
in September.These
identification signs are to be worn for such time as will be determined by
the Director of Student Activities.

6. In the traditional spirit of Saint Bonaventure, freshmen must
learn to greet their fellow classmates, and all priests, faculty members
and upperclassman.

7. Resident freshmen are not allowed to have an automobile on or
off campus

Basic
principles upon which St. Francis founded the Order of Friars minor

Blessing of
Saint Francis

Francis’
Prayer for Peace

All
university songs and cheers

The names and
positions of all Student Senators

2. Freshmen must be at immediate disposal of Student Senate at
all times for the performance of all detailed work in connection with
University activity.

3. Freshmen must pay initiation fee of $5.00 immediately to
Treasurer of Student Senate at registration.1/3 of all this amount will be
returned to the Treasurer of Freshmen class after his election.

4. Freshmen must support all student activities.

5. Each freshman must wear an identification sign which will be
obtained from the Student Senate Officers during the Orientation Program
in September.These
identification signs are to be worn for such time as will be determined by
the Director of Student Activities.

6. In the traditional spirit of Saint Bonaventure, freshmen must
learn to greet their fellow classmates, and all priests, faculty members
and upperclassman.

7. Resident freshmen are not allowed to have an automobile on or
off campus.